Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunderswas an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CityCleveland, OH
came fine float players radar
When I came here, a lot of the players told me it'd be like that. We float under the radar a lot. So I think that's fine with us.
basically bench bit giving guys playing start three
We wanted to try to start establishing our bench more, so basically we're playing three guys and giving those guys a little bit more minutes.
tried win
We wanted to win big right away. We didn't let things happen, we tried to make too many spectacular plays.
battle billy club coming few game heat might next players rest trying
We have players we are trying to get rest over the next 11 games. But you get into the heat of the battle sometimes and you need a billy club to get them out of the game sometimes because they are so competitive. We might have a few tangles coming down the stretch.
blocking concept good presence shots supposed team understand understanding
What I didn't understand was how good he can be defensively, blocking shots and he has a pretty good presence of understanding what he's supposed to do in the team concept defensively,
ball played situations
What I'd like to do is get him the ball more in low-block situations and not as many things in pick-and-pop situations. He played well with Carlos, but he'll play well with anybody, how he plays.
mouth people
When people say they want something usually they really don't want it. If you really want something you're usually going to keep your mouth shut.
call played watch
When I watch film, they played zone, ... They just didn't call it zone.
needed plays
When we needed to make plays down the stretch, we made plays. When we needed to make shots, we made shots.
extremely plays supposed
When we play as a whole, how we're supposed to play, we're very efficient, and everyone plays extremely well.
arms guys zone
When we play zone and those guys put their arms out, you don't see anything,